181. Greek Courtesans Discussion of ancient Greek profession of hetairai, prostitutes who were permitted intellectual and sexual freedoms in Greek culture. http://itsa.ucsf.edu/~snlrc/encyclopaedia_romana/greece/hetairai/hetairai.html

Return to Classical and Hellenistic Greece Hetairai P rostitution was legal in Athens, as long as it was not practiced by an Athenian citizen. This meant that prostitutes tended either to be slaves, whether female or male, or metics , who, not being born of Athenian parents could not themselves be citizens but who did have certain rights as resident aliens. Among prostitutes, a distinction was made between the common (buyable woman) and the hetaira or companion, who usually was an accomplished courtesan and often more educated than respectable wives and daughters sequestered at home. In a society in which men tended to marry late, in which marriages usually were not for love, and in which the women of citizen families often were secluded, "to be least talked about by men," in the words of Pericles, "whether they are praising you or criticizing you," the role of the hetaira perhaps is inevitable. And it was in the social institution of the symposium , or drinking party, that it was enacted. Exclusively the province of a privileged male elite, the symposium was characterized by its homosexual or bisexual ethos; its philosophical and political discourse and creative competitions, in which elegies were sung to the accompaniment of a

182. Iron And Steel Currency Bars In Ancient Greece Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry 3(1). The aim of this paper is to introduce new findings about the role of iron and steel in ancient greece. http://www.rhodes.aegean.gr/maa_journal/docs/volume3 No1 Jun2003/kostoglou.pdf

183. Georgetown University Classics Department Featuring studies of the cultures of ancient greece and Rome. Program and course information, news and events, faculty and resources. http://www.georgetown.edu/departments/classics/

The Classics Department is dedicated to the study of the cultures of ancient Greece and Rome. A great diversity of liberal arts subject matter is included under the term "Classics," including literature, art, mythology, history, archaeology, philosophy, and religion. The department offers courses in these areas through the study of the classical languages of Latin and ancient Greek as well as in English translation. See Programs for more information on majors and minors, and Courses for information on specific courses offered. The department sponsors an annual lecture in honor of Fr. Edward Bodnar each year in the spring. This year our speaker was Andrea Berlin of the University of Minnesota, who spoke on "Excavating History: The Phoenicians after Alexander." In cooperation with the School for Summer and Continuing Education, the department runs a two week travel/study tour in Greece every June. The tour includes major sites in Athens, Corinth, Delphi, Mycenae, and several Greek islands. Click here for more information.

184. Perseus Update In Progress London Bolles Collection ·California ·Upper Midwest ·Chesapeake Library of Congress ·Tufts history Since 1852 ·Boyle Papers history of Science http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/

The Perseus Digital Library is Being Updated Notice The main Perseus web site (at Tufts) is unavailable from 5:00 to 7:00, US Eastern time, in order to rebuild its databases with new or changed meta-data. We apologize for this inconvenience.

185. Perseus Update In Progress Members of the Perseus Project created this exhibit on the ancient Olympics in 1996, as a tribute to the Centennial Olympic Games held in Atlanta, Georgia. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/

The Perseus Digital Library is Being Updated Notice The main Perseus web site (at Tufts) is unavailable from 5:00 to 7:00, US Eastern time, in order to rebuild its databases with new or changed meta-data. We apologize for this inconvenience.

186. Mathematics Mathematics. ancient Science and Its Modern Fates. The three ancient doors to the next rooms all have signs written on them in Greek and Latin. http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/vatican.exhibit/exhibit/d-mathematics/Mathematics.ht

Mathematics Ancient Science and Its Modern Fates Until recently, historians of the Scientific Revolution of the 16th and 17th centuries treated it as a kind of rebellion against the authority of ancient books and humanist scholarship. In fact, however, it began with the revival of several tremendously important and formidably difficult works of Greek science. Scholarship supported science in this world where faith and science were not yet seen as two, irreconcilable cultures. The three ancient doors to the next rooms all have signs written on them in Greek and Latin. Luckily for you we created modern metal plates with the translations, next to the doors. So you can pick any of: Greek Mathematics Ptolemy's Geography Greek Astronomy Also, someone left a note on the wall. When you have seen everything, walk back to the Main Hall

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